Manama, June 06: A new footage has emerged showing Saudi-backed regime forces cracking down on a religious ceremony in south of the capital Manama, as anti-regime protests rage on in Bahrain.
Reports say Saudi-backed Bahraini forces attacked more than 70 people at a religious ceremony in the village of Ma’ameer, south of Manama, injuring many people during the onslaught.
New Delhi, June 06: India’s most successful Test captain advised the students to overcome tension to be successful. He mentioned one incident involving batting great Sachin Tendulkar, who before a Test match in Sydney during his early career remained awake almost the whole night as he was tense and was desperate to grab the chance.
At the same time the little master remained focused about the job to be done and achieved success, Ganguly said. He also urged the students to face the pressure and get over it.
Hyderabad, June 06: Students from Andhra Pradesh did the state proud, coming out with flying colours in the prestigious 10th All India Engineering Entrance Examination (AIEEE) which were conducted by the Central Board of Secondary Education.
The results were announced on Sunday at 1 PM.
From the state, Varun Tej secured 5th rank in the examination while Prithvi Raj secured the 7th rank, followed by Bhargav Reddy who was placed 8th and Surender Reddy 12th.
Hyderabad, June 06: Accusing the Congress of ‘misleading’ the House, Telugu Desam Party Deputy Floor Leader in the state Assemlby Ashok Gajapathi Raju said that the elections of the Speaker and the Deputy Speaker were against the established procedures.
Taking a serious note on the way the elections were held, Mr Gajapathi Raju told media persons at NTR Trust Bhavan that all established norms were violated during the elections of the Speaker and his deputy on Saturday.
Hyderabad, June 06: Hinting that the agitational approach would be more effective than building pressure on the Centre on the separate Telangana demand, former Endowments Minister Jupally Krishna Rao on Sunday appealed to leaders from the region not to accept any posts offered by the government.
The former minister also called upon Telangana leaders to intensify their agitations for separate statehood instead of going to New Delhi to mount pressure on the Centre.
Hyderabad, June 06: The police on Sunday arrested 15 aspirants for the Sub-Inspectors’ posts for obstructing a meeting of MPs, MLAs and Telangana leaders which was being held at Exhibition Society Office in Nampally.
Hyderabad, June 06: The Telugu Desam Party on Sunday questioned the Telangana Rashtra Samithi if fighting for a separate Telangana state is its birthright and no other party is eligible to demand a separate state.
Lashing out at the TRS for its decision to obstruct the TDP’s Telangana Ranabheri to be held in Tandur on June 10, Telugu Desam Telangana Forum convener Errabelli Dayakar Rao said that the TRS was acting as if it was the only party which was eligible to fight for a separate state.
Hyderabad, June 06: Chief Minister N Kiran Kumar Reddy on Sunday vowed to remove the existing differences between the Old and the New City of Hyderabad by expediting the pace of development.
Addressing the gathering after inaugurating the renovated building of the Nizamia Tibbi College and Tibbi Hospital besides the historic Charminar, Mr Kiran Kumar Reddy described the Old City as the ‘heart’ of Hyderabad and vowed to ensure that it beats to its optimal best.
New Delhi, June 05:Government today justified police action to end Ramdev’s agitation saying the Yoga Guru had violated the undertaking for permission and had even backed out on his assurances.
Union Minister Kapil Sibal, who was holding negotiations with Ramdev over the last few days, said there were apprehensions about law and order situation in Delhi as Ramdev had collected 50,000 people for ‘political aasan’ (manoeuver) although he had sought permission for a yoga camp for a gathering of 5,000 only.
Ramallah, June 05: Palestinian President Mahmud Abbas has told France he is ready to attend a Paris peace conference if Israel accepts talks based on the 1967 borders, an aide told a news agency on Sunday.
Nimr Hammad, a political adviser to Abbas, said the President had told French Foreign Minister Alain Juppe that he agreed officially to a French proposal to host a peace conference in Paris before July.
Juppe raised the possibility of the conference during a visit to Israel and the West Bank this week.
Hyderabad, June 05: After recovering from jaundice and paying off steep medical bills, Shahina Nafeeza Begum, a resident of Chadarghat area of the Old City, decided she had enough. Petitioning the consumer court against the Water Board for supplying contaminated water to several areas in the Old City for over four months in the summer, Shahina has demanded a compensation of Rs 5 lakh.
Tiruvarur, June 05: Defending daughter Kanimozhi, jailed in the 2G scam case, DMK chief M Karunanidhi on Sunday said it was he who insisted on her being a shareholder in Kalaignar TV, to which the money related to the spectrum allocation was routed.
“Kanimozhi’s mistake is my mistake. It was I who compelled her to become a shareholder in Kalaignar TV with a view to settle a base for her future,” he said addressing a public meeting in his native constituency.
Paris, June 05: Rafael Nadal won a 10th Grand Slam crown and equalled Bjorn Borg’s record of six French Open titles when he defeated Roger Federer 7-5, 7-6 (7/3), 5-7, 6-1 on Sunday in the rivals’ latest epic duel.
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Top seed Nadal, who was also champion in 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and 2010, took his overall Paris record to 45 wins against just one defeat and victory also meant he hangs on to his world number one spot.
It was the 25-year-old Spaniard’s 17th win over Federer in 25 meetings and fourth in a Roland Garros final.
New Delhi, June 05: Terming the eviction of Baba Ramdev from the site of his hunger strike and the crackdown on his supporters as “naked fascism”, senior Bharatiya Janata Party leader L.K. Advani on Sunday demanded an apology from Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Congress president Sonia Gandhi for the police action.
Mr. Advani also appealed to President Pratibha Patil to call an emergency session of Parliament to discuss the issue.
London, June 05: London to be flooded with drugs, prostitutes! London: London Olympic chiefs are likely to face new trouble in the run-up to the 2012 Games, as the Russian mafia is set to flood the city with drugs, prostitutes and extortion rackets.
Gangsters from one of the world’s most feared mobs have set up business around the site in Stratford, East London.
Russians gangsters, who have links to several vice dens in London, plan to cash in when hundreds of thousands of tourists hit the capital.
Srinagar, June 05: A Kashmiri Pandit body today demanded that social activist Swami Agnivesh be punished for his “blasphemous” remarks against pilgrimage to Amarnath cave.
All Parties Migrant Coordination Committee (APMCC) also burnt an effigy of the social activist, who last month here had said that “he does not understand why people go for such yatras” and termed the “shivlingam” formed inside the Amarnath cave as a geographical phenomenon.
“We ask the Hindu countries of Nepal, Mauritius and India to boycott Swami Agnivesh,” APMCC chairman Vinod Pandit said.
Hyderabad, June 05: Focus in Andhra Pradesh has now shifted to the much-awaited expansion and reshuffle of the state council of ministers, after the Kiran Kumar Reddy government proved its strength in the Assembly through successful election of Speaker and Deputy Speaker.
Government sources said the Cabinet expansion is expected to take place next week, after the Congress high command gives its final nod.
Hyderabad, June 05: Congress MPs, ministers and legislators from the Telangana region of Andhra Pradesh on Sunday decided to mount pressure on the party’s central leadership to take immediate steps for the formation of a separate Telangana state.
At a meeting here, they decided to visit Delhi June 9-10 to meet the central leaders and urge them to table a bill in the coming session of parliament for carving out a separate state.
New Delhi, June 05: RJD on Sunday accused Baba Ramdev of being a front for RSS’ activities and took exception to the reception given to the yoga guru by the government upon his arrival in the national capital last week.
“This is not how a sadhu should speak. The most dangerous thing is that the RSS is using the Baba as a front for its activities. They are trying to push him forward,” the party chief Lalu Prasad Yadav told reporters here.
Ajmer, June 05: AICC president Sonia Gandhi today offered a chadar at sufi saint Moinuddin Chishti’s dargah on the occasion of the 799th urs.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot offered the chadar on behalf of Gandhi.
She gave the chadar to Congress leaders yesterday along with a message which said, “Khawaja Saheb’s life continues to inspire all of us.
“He symbolises the wonderful cultural traditions of India and the glorious secular values that have been the defining characteristic of our society.
Lucknow, June 05: The two-day eighth national convention of Samajwadi Party will be held in Agra from Tuesday, an official spokesman said here today.
On the first day, the convention will be inaugurated by SP supremo Mulayam Singh Yadav after which election of the national president and executive members will be held, party spokesman Rajendra Chaudhary said.
He said that later in the day deliberations would be made on the economic and political resolutions.
Peshawar, June 05: A police officer was shot dead by unknown gunmen in the Mattani area of Peshawar while the dead bodies of two security personnel were discovered in Hayatabad area of the same city, a Press TV correspondent reported on Sunday.
In a separate incident, two women were gunned down in Yakatot district of Peshawar.
The assailants in all these incidents managed to flee the scene.
Earlier on Sunday, a powerful bomb attack claimed the lives of at least six people and injured several others in Peshawar.
Haridwar, June 05: Hours after being bundled out of Delhi, Baba Ramdev targeted Congress president Sonia Gandhi and government, alleging that his peaceful agitation was treated with unprecedented “barbarism” and vowed to continue his ”satyagraha” against corruption.
Reaching his ashram here after the midnight crackdown at his protest site in Ramlila ground in the national capital, a visibly shaken yoga guru alleged that there was a conspiracy to kill him and a “threat” was given to him during a meeting with senior ministers.
Dhaka, June 05: Bangladesh’s pop legend and freedom fighter Azam Khan died at Combined Military Hospital(CMH) on Sunday morning.
The 62-year-old Pop legend was declared dead at 1020 hrs.
Azam Khan who had been suffering from throat cancer had been on life support at the city’s Square Hospital since March 27 and shifted to CMH on Wednesday.
Azam Khan earned fame by singing Bengali pop songs in 70s and 80s.
New Delhi, June 05: Sania Mirza might have failed in her quest to become the first Indian to win a Grand Slam women’s doubles title, but her emotions after losing in the French Open final were a mixed bag.
Sania and her Russian partner Elena Vesnina were beaten in straight sets by unseeded Czech pair Andrea Hlavackova and Lucie Hradecka on Friday, but the Indian ace wrote on her Twitter page that she was relieved to be playing at all.